{"id":327659,"date":"2025-12-10T07:29:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=327659"},"modified":"2025-12-22T17:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T07:18:04","slug":"australia-enacts-nationwide-social-media-ban-for-under-16s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=327659","title":{"rendered":"Australia Enacts Nationwide Social Media Ban for Under-16s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new law requires platforms to block and deactivate accounts for minors using age verification like facial scans or ID checks, with fines up to A$49.5 million for non-compliance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over one million accounts will be affected, as supporters celebrate protection from cyberbullying and addiction while critics question enforcement and parental choice. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-2-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-327660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-2-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-2-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Platforms including Meta and TikTok plan to comply amid global interest from places like the UK and US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over one million accounts will be affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":327591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,35,992],"tags":[18947,14426],"class_list":["post-327659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-breaking-news","category-social-media","tag-anika-smells","tag-teen-social-media-ban"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327661,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327659\/revisions\/327661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/327591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}